Maceo Quintanar

Fairly new in Mastodon. Posts: Español/English
Bachelor's in Cognitive Science at https://www.sfu.ca/cognitive-science.html 
Data Analyst (privacy-respecting, against gov't and corporate surveillance.) Storyteller. Writer. Cat Dad. Debianite. Queer Latinamerican. Agnostic. 
Pursuer of an arcane paradise.  
Against empires. 
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Avatar: blurry portrait of me, b/w
Cover: photo from below of a spiral staircase somewhere in CDMX

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Last Notes

2025-06-20 03:00:17 UTC

Via Seymour Hersh (American journalist):
"This is a report on what is most likely to happen in Iran, as early as this weekend, according to Israeli insiders and American officials I’ve relied upon for decades. It will entail heavy American bombing. I have vetted this report with a longtime US official in Washington, who told me that all will be “under control” if Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “departs.”
According to him, Trump has delayed any US strikes against Iran because he didn't want to disrupt the markets. Trump's plan goes beyond destroying Iran's nuclear development. The intent is to cause mass destabilization, similar to previous US campaigns in Libya and Syria.
If what Hersh reports comes to pass and a decision has been already made, there is a greater likelihood that this backfires on Trump and on the empire. They won't be successful at destroying Fordow, they won't overthrow Khamenei, and they will see themselves involved in a bigger mess than before.
Iran will be the graveyard of Trump's administration.
#Iran #Israel #Trump #US #War

2025-06-20 02:26:49 UTC

Each day the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed food, there's been a massacre of starving Palestinians. These food distribution centers are a death trap in disguise. A "meat grinder," as one of the survivors says in the video.
This week, while playing victim due to the Iranian retaliation, Israel has continued to execute horrific and murderous acts against hundreds of malnourished women, men, and children. On Tuesday alone, 70 Palestinians were gunned down while waiting for food in Khan Younis, and over 300 were injured and taken to the Nasser Medical Complex.
The Israeli mercenaries have even launched tank shells directly at the Palestinians.
Israel needs to be stopped. They will beg for sympathy because an Iranian missile fell next to a hospital, but that won't stop them from starving a population and shooting them. Has Macron condemned this? No. The Nazis in the German government? No. Anyone who attended the ludicrous G7 Summit? No. They're only good at parroting "Israel has the right to defend itself."
These are desperate hours for Palestinians, both on Southern and Northern Gaza. The terrorist genocidal entity known as Israel must face justice for all this trauma and all these crimes against humanity.
Video courtesy of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor.
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #FreePalestine #EndTheGenocide #BreakTheSiege #HumanitarianCrisis
@nprofile…cu97
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2025-06-17 20:10:53 UTC

#BradLander - people need to start unmasking these ICE/police scoundrels. Enough of that crap. Abolish them and unmask them.
Lander, a New York City Comptroller, simply asked Federal agents for a judicial warrant. And he got arrested.
Keep track of anyone abetting this crap.
#Fascism #PoliceState #ICE #Gestapo #USpol #Authoritarianism
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2025-06-16 19:02:04 UTC

March for the liberation of Palestine, yesterday in Mexico City. In Mexico, we demand the government to break diplomatic relations with Israel.
Via, Noticas de Abajo ML.
#CDMX #FreePalestine #Mexico #VivaPalestina
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2025-06-15 01:47:06 UTC

What a spirited birthday event. How does it go? Squeaky wheel gets the grease?
Maybe they should've spent some of the 40 million dollars to grease those tanks.
Congratulations to everyone who showed up to the #NoKings protests. The first of many, I trust.
Bring the clown down.
#DictatorTrump #Army250
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2025-06-13 18:40:20 UTC

#Iran is striking #Israel back. Right into Tel Aviv. Likely with hypersonic missiles. This is a first wave. A second wave of missiles is on its way.
#MiddleEast #War
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2025-06-11 16:55:19 UTC

Israel has escalated its punishment against the Freedom Flotilla activists it kidnapped. It transferred Rima Hassan, Member of the European Parliament, to Neve Tirza Prison. She was placed in confinement, in a small cell with no windows. She along with Thiago Avila have started a hunger strike. Thiago was moved to Ayalon Prison.
There’s also a message from Mark Van Rennes, the Dutch sailor aboard the Madleen:
“The governments of the world failed to provide safe passage to the Madleen, to allow humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza, who have been facing ethnic cleansing for 80 years and an illegal blockade for 18. To prevent another Israeli war crime, they must now step up, oppose the apartheid regime and provide safe passage to the Sumoud Convoy in Egypt. The time to act is now. Free Palestine!”
The world needs to act to protect the Sumoud Convoy, and to liberate the eight Madleen crewmembers who are still illegally detained by Israel.
#FreedomFlotilla #Madleen #RimaHassan #ThiagoAvila #FreePalestine #SumoudConvoy #Israel #Gaza
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2025-06-09 17:59:10 UTC

This is appalling. #Sweden is abdicating its obligations under the Vienna Convention to protect and support one of its citizens abroad. If you’re Swedish, I hope you’re organizing and calling your elected officials and representatives. I hope you give Maria Malmer Stenergard, the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, an earful. Preferably, in person.
Stenergard said today Thunberg doesn’t need consular support and blamed Thunberg for saturating the consular hotline after calling on followers to pressure the government. Is she fucking kidding? That is not Thunberg’s fault. And with all due respect to every other swede abroad who might rightfully need consular services, are they on a humanitarian mission to provide aid to people under illegal occupation? The Swedish Minister needs to get a grip.
#Madleen #FreePalestine #GretaThunberg #Gaza #Israel
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2025-06-09 03:05:54 UTC

The Israeli Foreign Minister has accused the Freedom Flotilla activists of publicity seeking. They are referring to the Madleen as a "selfie yacht," and to its crewmembers as "celebrities."
Israel and its propaganda machine resort to doublespeak once again to discredit an action deserving the Peace Nobel. It's ironic but all too predictable how dismissive they are with terms like "selfie" or "celebrity" since these are Israel's own tactics to push its Zionist agenda. They line up all the Zio-celebrities in front of the cameras to convince the world that genocide is good.
#FreePalestine #Gaza #BreakTheSiege #EndTheGenocide #Madleen